[rrd-developers] Ubuntu Lenny: rrd does not update the ctime and mtime of rrd-files

[Kristoff Bonne]

Hi Tobias,


OK, works OK now.

F.Y.I.
The debian release was 1.3.1-4.

Now i run 1.4.2.



Cheerio! Kr. Bonne.



Op 28-09-10 14:08, Tobias Oetiker schreef:
> Hi Kristoff,
>
> Today Kristoff Bonne wrote:
>
>> Hi Tobias,
>>
>> Op 27-09-10 16:18, Tobias Oetiker schreef:
>>>> Now, we have a very strange fenomina:
>>>> mrtg does update the rrd-files as normal, but does not update the ctime
>>>> and mtime of the files.
>>
>>> the reason for this behaviour is that rrtool uses memory mapped io
>>> for updating files ... some older linux kernels neglect to update
>>> the timesamps of the files thus edited ..
>>> rrdtool tool checks for this problem at compilation time and
>>> compensates by doing touch on the problem files ...
>>
>> Hi, I've compiled the source from the debian repostitory.
>
> Try the official release from www.rrdtool.org ... it should compile
> out of the box ...
>
> cheers
> tobi
>
>